December 13/05 11:24 am - Top-10 Canadian Cycling Achievements Announced

Posted by Editor on 12/13/05

Canadian Cycling Achievements

We are pleased to announce the results of our poll on the top-10 Canadian Cycling Achievements. After two weeks of voting, readers chose the top-10 individual achievements of Canadian cyclists, from a list of 25 significant athletic accomplishments.

Leading the list were Alison Sydor and Steve Bauer, who took four of the top five spots between them, and seven of the top-10. Also on the top-10 list were Lori-Ann Muenzer (4th) for her Olympic gold medal in Athens (the first Canadian cyclist to win an Olympic gold medal), Roland Green (tied for 7th) for his incredible 2001 season, and Curt Harnett (9th), for his world record in the Flying 200 Metre time trial (a record that has not been broken after more than 10 years).

The full top-10 list is:

1. Alison Sydor's three consecutive world titles (1994-96)

2. Steve Bauer's 1990 Tour de France, when he spent 10 days in the Yellow Jersey

3. Steve Bauer's 1988 Tour, when he won a stage, finished 4th overall and spent 5 days in Yellow

4. Lori-Ann Muenzer's Olympic gold medal in the Sprint at the 2004 Olympics; Canada's first Olympic gold medal in cycling